Overall Orange alert Flood
in Malawi

Event summary

This flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 4219
Glide number: FL-2015-000006-MWI
Death: 276
Displaced: 336000
Countries: Malawi
From - To 01 Jan - 09 Feb

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 62 | About casualties: 23 | Last hour: 0

IFAW takes relief for animals to flood hit areasThu, 12 Feb 2015 16:39:00 +0100.

According to a Press statement released on Sunday signed by IFAW Communications Manager Christina Pretorius, the exercise will start with the lower shire where reports indicate more than 91 thousand animals have reportedly died and many oth
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Malawi: 10 February 2015: World eventsThu, 12 Feb 2015 01:30:00 +0100.

Niger - Conflict • Over the last two to three days, active combats between Boko Haram insurgents and a mix of patrols from Niger and Chadian forces took place in Diffa. Although no report is currently available, significant causalities are
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Malawi MPs Offer Meager Support to Flood VictimsFri, 06 Feb 2015 21:43:00 +0100.

analysis. Blantyre Parliamentarians in Malawi have begun reviewing the budget for 2014/15. To campaigners' dismay, few resources have been allocated to disaster management, even though the country has been shattered by flooding. As the budg
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EU allocates €3 million to help flood victims in Southern AfricaFri, 06 Feb 2015 01:27:00 +0100.

The European Commission is giving €3 million in humanitarian aid to assist the people affected by severe flooding in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar. The current heavy rains in the region have caused floods that destroyed houses, schools,
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (7), INFORM (1), (1),